Razzle-Dazzle ‘Em

David Bologna on making it to Broadway with ‘Billy Elliot’

By Robert Faires
The Austin Chronicle
December 11, 2012

[Austin, Texas, USA] -When the Chronicle sat down with David Bologna to talk about his time in the original Broadway cast of Billy Elliot the Musical, the Austin song-and-dance phenom had a lot to say – more than we could squeeze into the printed interview. So here’s a fuller version. The national tour of the musical opens at Bass Concert Hall today.

Bologna’s road to the Great White Way and a Tony Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor in a Musical at the age of 14 began in New Orleans and includes a stint as a championship Irish dancer, being the go-to kid in his hometown’s theatre community, his family’s move to Austin following Katrina, and months of auditions before he won the role of Billy’s best bud, the irrepressible, cross-dressing Michael.